Michigan Democrat Abdul El-Sayed’s former opponent in the U.S. Senate primary, Haley Stevens, stunned party officials Sunday by endorsing Republican Mike Rogers after Democratic tensions boiled over days before the election that could determine the balance of power on Capitol Hill.
Stevens endorsed Rogers after attending a Detroit church service with him. The remarkable show of support for Donald Trump’s backed candidate in the tightly contested race comes after she was uninvited to a joint event the same day with El-Sayed, who defeated the congresswoman by a slim margin in the August primary.
“Our Democratic nominee for Senate said I was no longer welcome in his campaign and that I should stay away,” Stevens said video announcing the endorsement. “And he’s right. And that’s why I am endorsing Mike Rogers for the United States Senate today.”
Assholes who want to kill children:
That’s a fair enough assessment, but I’d be careful at letting their mythical justifications slide unchallenged.
They can’t be challenged. It’s their closely held religious belief that gives them meaning and purpose: No one is allowed to question it at all.
They don’t need to change their minds, they and others just need to not be under the impression that they’re free to imagine whatever reality they want.
But they are. And we have to respect it because faith is a beautiful, ineffable thing that excuses all human behavior.